carbon offsets

Carbon Reduction and Offset Providers Unite to Promote Rigorous Industry Standards

Category: Climate & Carbon
Academic Level: Continuing Education
Type of Resource: Articles
Publisher: www.icroa.org
Published Date: Jun 2008
Eight of the world’s leading carbon reduction and offset providers today announced the formation of the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA). The organization has been created to build support for the carefully crafted standards that
now exist for the voluntary offset market. In addition, the group will provide a unified voice in promoting credible carbon management strategies, which use a “reduce-and-offset” approach

ICROA_Press_Release_USA.pdf

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A Consumers’ Guide to Retail Offset Providers

Category: Climate & Carbon
Academic Level: Continuing Education
Type of Resource: Reports
Publisher: Clean Air–Cool Planet, 2006.
Published Date: Dec 2006

Picking a carbon offset can be like traveling by stagecoach in the wild west- there are a lot of hazards and pitfalls there and it can be hard to determine quality. This document should help. Put together by Clean air Cool Planet sponsored by Clif Bar, Stonyfield Yogurt and Interface Carpets, this guide will help you identify high quality offsets- after you've completed your own effort to reduce your carbon output first!

A_Consumers_Guide_to_Retail_Carbon_Offset_Providers_2006_Final.pdf

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From Clean Development to Strategic Sustainable Development: A strategic approach to the Clean Development Mechanism

Category: Climate & Carbon
Academic Level: Graduate
Type of Resource: Research Papers
Publisher: Blekinge Institute of Technology
Published Date: Jun 2006

Abstract:
Under the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has
the dual objectives of facilitating a cost-effective way of meeting
greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and contributing to global
sustainable development. Due in part to a lack of consensus on definitions
of sustainability and sustainable development and a lack of capacity to
address these concepts, there is a risk that CDM projects may fail to move
the host country towards sustainability. We suggest the use of a scientific, » read more

DyerMcKayMira_Thesis_Final.pdf

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Getting Carbon Offsets right

Category: Climate & Carbon
Academic Level: Corporate
Type of Resource: Articles
Publisher: Businesses for Social Responisibility (BSR)
Published Date: Jul 2007
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Companies around the world are taking a closer look at their contributions to climate change, with an increasing number voluntarily reducing their “carbon footprints” by purchasing offsets elsewhere. In a practice known as offsetting, businesses pay to outsource emissions reductions when it is more cost-effective or technologically feasible than doing so in-house. The market for these voluntary offsets, fueled by corporate commitments to become “carbon neutral,” is growing rapidly.This article from BSR provides businesses with a four point framework for engaging offset providers.

Getting Carbon Offsets Right--A BSR Business Brief--2007.pdf

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